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U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity

Awards are paid out as cash prizes and technical-assistance vouchers redeemable at a DOE national laboratory, and competitions are run through the HeroX platform rather than a direct agency application.

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About

The Office of Electricity is a unit within the U.S. Department of Energy that works to stabilize, optimize, and grow the country's electricity grid so it delivers affordable, reliable, and secure power. Its work is organized around grid systems and components (including microgrid systems and transformer resilience), grid controls and cybersecurity, energy storage, and grid deployment. With funding…

Programs & grants under this funder
Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize

Awards up to $3.4M in cash plus $800K in DOE lab vouchers for behind-the-meter energy storage integration.

1 grant
Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize
Closed
$3.4M pool
Energy Storage Innovations Prize — Round 2

Pays US energy-storage innovators up to $50,000 cash for niche-market storage solutions.

1 grant
Energy Storage Innovations Prize — Round 2
Closed
$300K pool
Feeder of the Future Prize

Pays US grid innovators up to $8,000 for next-generation electric feeder designs.

1 grant
Feeder of the Future Prize
Closed
$100K pool
High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Prize

Awards $200,000 in cash for new technology that strengthens the U.S. power grid.

1 grant
High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Prize
Closed
$200K pool
American-Made Science Synthesis Prize: Identifying Key Barriers to Renewable Integration

Pays up to $10,000 each to teams synthesizing renewable-integration research for DOE.

1 grant
American-Made Science Synthesis Prize: Identifying Key Barriers to Renewable Integration
Closed
$80K pool
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